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simple sugars
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∙ 13y agoCarbohydrates - Monosaccharides, also called simple sugars.
Proteins- Amino Acids.
Lipids- Fatty acids.
Nucleic Acid- Nucleotides, 5-carbon Sugar, and a Phosphate Group.
Taken from Nature of Biology, Third Edition
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What monomers make up glycogen?
Glycogen is made up of glucose monomers. These monomers are combine in alpha-1,4 linkages with alpha 1,6 linkages used to create branches. Glycogen also has a small protein component that is used to initiate the glycogen polymer called glyocgenin.
What are short molecules used to make polymers?
monomers
Do plants store carbohydrates in the form of amino acids?
No, keep your proteins and carbohydrates separate. Amino acids are the monomers of protein molecules. Proteins are not used for energy, though due to their wide variety of functions, proteins are involved in the energy utilization process. Plants form glucose, carbohydrate monomers or monosaccharides through photosynthesis. They then bind together those glucose monomers into a polymer as starch or cellulose.
Are monomers made up of many polymer units?
No. Amino acid monomers are used to make protein polymers. Nucleotide monomers are used to make DNA polymers.
What is the relationships between monomer's and polymer's?
Monomers are the building blocks that are used to make polymers. Remember: mono = one, poly = many Monomers are like the links in a chain and polymers are like the chain. Many chain links (monomers) make up a whole chain (polymer)
What elements make up a plastic bag?
They are made from two ingredients, petroleum and natural gas, which are then separated and converted into polymers. Polymers are filled with large molecules called monomers. Monomers are used in a variety of ways to make ethylene. When ethylene is processed it forms a molecular chains that create polyethylene.
How is glucose used in an ecosystem?
Carbohydrates are used as an energy source for many animals and plants. Examples: potato makes starch to store energy and animals eat them to gain the energy they need. Also sugars, which are monomers, are used by the plants as energy source by photosynthesis. Second example would be that insects use a carbohydrate called chitin which is used to build their exoskeleton.
What is the term for the building block of polymers?
Monomers
What are the monomers in proteins?
amino acid
What is the name of the chemical reaction which combines monomers to make polymers?
Simply - polymerization. However, this is usually addition polymerization but not always. Nylon is formed by condensation polymerization and the polymers used to make waterbased latex paints is usually called emulsion polymerization.
What do lipids and proteins have in common?
Proteins and lipids are both biological macromolecules, which means they are made up of monomers (indiviudal units) to form polymers (many units). They are both formed by dehydration synthesis and broken apart by hydrolysis. In addition, their monomers can both be used as alternate forms to carbohydrates in the metabiolic pathway of cellular respiration.
What compounds used by plants in photosynthesis to make carbohydrates?
Carbon dioxide
